New Macbeth trail in Scotland

The route will wend its way through several sites in north-east Scotland, in a move that organisers hope will boost tourism to the region, as well as separating the facts from Shakespearean myths. Details will be unveiled today at Glamis in Angus, where Macbeth died in the play.

The Scottish MSP Alex Johnstone was the driving force behind the new trail.

"Many people don't realise that Macbeth existed," he told the Herald Scotland....